Evolution in Action

As the human race evolved, it – of course – developed better and better methods of pissing about. Once the important survival needs: such as food, shelter and sex had been met, then obviously the ancient humans needed something else to do with their time. Of course, napping flint – even though, initially it does have some utility - is only the sort of thing that can excite those who would later evolve into archaeologists and/or geologists. For the rest of the human race once they've found out what each other look like naked, there is very little else of interest - at least until the invention of football – to keep them amused.

Some scientists and anthropologists have cited the human being's large brain as the driver of its evolutionary development and - relatively – high intelligence when compared to other animals, plants and tree-stumps.

However, it is more likely that humanity survived its evolution despite its huge brain, not because of it. This seems even more likely when you consider that it also evolved alongside the development of language, thus leading to the invention of talking bollocks. Talking bollocks has - probably - caused more wars, fights and arguments than anything else in humankind's history – especially when that particularly human form of talking bollocks – religion - is taken into consideration.

In consequence then, humankind's greatest historical development – and the one that ensured the species' survival was probably learning to shut up for once. At least until technology came along and the TV was invented, thus saving the huge majority of humanity from the danger of actually talking to each other. That is until social media came along to prove that the vast majority of us have nothing interesting to say, not that we'd ever let that stop us, though, of course.